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The mechanics of slender structures

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Modern physics edged mechanics out into the wilds of engineering. But multidisciplinary interest in pattern formation has moved it back into the mainstream, bringing with it interest from other fields — as this summer’s Solvay Workshop demonstrated.

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  1. Flexible Structures Laboratory, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Pedro M. Reis

  2. Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

    Fabian Brau

  3. Laboratoire Interfaces & Fluides Complexes, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium

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